Of course it’s a concern.
I, for one, would like to hear him talk about it
more candidly,
the constipation, for example,
and whether he uses Benefiber or Metamucil
or Miralax, or is that a state
secret? I’d like to know how long
on average he sits on the john
before there’s any movement
on the southern front,
and whether he writes any speeches
in that attitude, that pose like Rodin’s Penseur
sur la toilette. Because I myself
have sat on the john for an eternity
without making any headway
but I get some of my best ideas there,
this one, for example, about Biden’s age
and my desire as a Democrat
for my president to be more forthcoming
about the daily indignities of the old,
such as constipation, an indignity it isn’t dignified
or presidential to talk about in public perhaps,
but if he did talk about it he’d get my vote,
and possibly the votes of more than a few
Republicans. Because look at Trump–
I mean the guy is full of shit
but he won’t admit it. I think if Biden
admitted it, he’d have a good chance
of winning the race
and maybe get the runs
which would really turn things around.
Paul Hostovsky's poems have won a Pushcart Prize, two Best of the Net Awards, the FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize, and have been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, The Writer's Almanac, and the Best American Poetry blog.